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1		-	H.B. No. 1063
	1	+	By: Price, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Buckingham) H.B. No. 1063
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 2, 2019;
	3	+	May 3, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Health &
	4	+	Human Services; May 19, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable
	5	+	Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
	6	+	May 19, 2019, sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	8	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1063 By: Buckingham
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	11	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	12		AN ACT
5	13		relating to telemedicine medical, telehealth, and home
6	14		telemonitoring services under Medicaid.
7	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	16		SECTION 1. Section 531.0216(f), Government Code, is amended
9	17		to read as follows:
10	18		(f) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year,
11	19		the commission shall report to the speaker of the house of
12	20		representatives and the lieutenant governor on the effects of
13	21		telemedicine medical services, telehealth services, and home
14	22		telemonitoring services on Medicaid in the state, including the
15	23		number of physicians, health professionals, and licensed health
16	24		care facilities using telemedicine medical services, telehealth
17	25		services, or home telemonitoring services, the geographic and
18	26		demographic disposition of the physicians and health
19	27		professionals, the number of patients receiving telemedicine
20	28		medical services, telehealth services, and home telemonitoring
21	29		services, the types of services being provided, [and] the cost of
22	30		utilization, and the cost savings of telemedicine medical services,
23	31		telehealth services, and home telemonitoring services to Medicaid.
24	32		SECTION 2. Section 531.02164, Government Code, is amended
25	33		by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
26	34		(c-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (c)(1), the program
27	35		required under this section must also provide that home
28	36		telemonitoring services are available to pediatric persons who:
29	37		(1) are diagnosed with end-stage solid organ disease;
30	38		(2) have received an organ transplant; or
31	39		(3) require mechanical ventilation.
32	40		SECTION 3. Section 531.02176, Government Code, is repealed.
33	41		SECTION 4. The executive commissioner of the Health and
34	42		Human Services Commission shall adopt the rules necessary to
35	43		implement Section 531.02164(c-1), Government Code, as added by this
36	44		Act, not later than December 1, 2019.
37	45		SECTION 5. If before implementing any provision of this Act
38	46		a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
39	47		federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
40	48		the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
41	49		authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
42	50		waiver or authorization is granted.
43	51		SECTION 6. The Health and Human Services Commission is
44	52		required to implement a provision of this Act only if the
45	53		legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If
46	54		the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that
47	55		purpose, the commission may, but is not required to, implement a
48	56		provision of this Act using other appropriations available for that
49	57		purpose.
50	58		SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
51		-	______________________________ ______________________________
52		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
53		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1063 was passed by the House on May 2,
54		-	2019, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 3, 2 present, not
55		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
56		-	No. 1063 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1,
57		-	2 present, not voting.
58		-	______________________________
59		-	Chief Clerk of the House
60		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1063 was passed by the Senate, with
61		-	amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
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63		-	______________________________
64		-	Secretary of the Senate
65		-	APPROVED: __________________
66		-	Date
67		-	__________________
68		-	Governor
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